Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the elders of Gilead went and fetched Jephthah out of the land of Tob,
New American Standard Bible
When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
King James Version
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Holman Bible
When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
International Standard Version
When this happened, the elders of Gilead went to the territory of Tob to find Jephthah.
A Conservative Version
And it was so, that, when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
American Standard Version
And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
Amplified
When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Bible in Basic English
And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;
Darby Translation
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be when the sons of Ammon warred with Israel, and the old men of Israel will go to take Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
King James 2000
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the {Ammonites} made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Modern King James verseion
And when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
NET Bible
When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.
New Heart English Bible
It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
The Emphasized Bible
When, therefore, it came to pass that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel, then went the elders of Gilead, to summon Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
Webster
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
World English Bible
It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Themes
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Jephthah » Recalled from the land of tob by the elders of gilead
Interlinear
Lacham
Yalak
References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jephthah Becomes Israel's Leader
4 But it chanced, in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 Then the elders of Gilead went and fetched Jephthah out of the land of Tob, 6 and said unto him, "Come and be our captain, and let us fight with the children of Ammon."
Cross References
Judges 10:9
Moreover, the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim: so that Israel was sore cumbered.
Judges 10:17-18
Then the children of Ammon gathered together and pitched in Gilead. And the children of Israel gathered them together and pitched in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, "How shall he save us?" And despised him and brought him not presents. And he made as though he had not heard it.
1 Samuel 11:6-7
Then came the spirit of God upon Saul, when he heard those tidings, and he was exceeding angry.
1 Samuel 11:12
Then said the people to Samuel, "What are they that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us? Bring them that we may slay them.'"
Psalm 118:22-23
The same stone which the builders refused, is become the headstone in the corner.
Acts 7:35-39
This Moses whom they forsook, saying, 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge?' - the same God sent, both a ruler and a deliverer, by the hands of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise. And God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound things which are mighty.